I think that leveraging their stake to get work done is a great idea as it creates an economy within the system that could potentially attract takent to engage in projects to develop here.
Also, if they can get some infrastructure support by paying via upvotes is interesting as those of use that are buying Steem periodically could use those funds to support infrastructure in exchange for rewards in Steem. It seems tough to implement and govern but could be worked out.
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